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French President François Hollande held talks with leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan Oct. 27 as Europe makes a fresh push to end the festering conflict over the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh.

French President Francois Hollande hosts leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan today as Europe makes a fresh push to end the festering conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited both countries last week after a sharp escalation in violence over the disputed region in recent months as war raged in Ukraine.

A new $700 million 79 km-long railway route is set to be completed in Turkey in 2015 as a part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project

The pair made up of Romanian tennis player Raluca Olaru and Georgian-born American player Anna Tatishvili eased into the doubles final of the WTA tournament in Linz (Austria), featuring $250,000 in prize money, after defeating Friday evening 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-6 No. 4-seeded duo Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Alicja Rosolska (Poland).

Bulgaria and Azerbaijan have signed two gas cooperation agreements, according to a media statement of the Ministry of Economy and Energy.

Bulgaria will not host any matches of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship, according to an announcement of UEFA.

UEFA announced the 13 venues that would host matches for the championship after a meeting of its executive committee in Geneva on Friday.

Sofia was one of the 19 candidates to host matches of Euro 2020 but it failed to make it among the 13 winners.

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is travelling to Baku on Friday for a two-day visit to Azerbaijan.

Samaras meet Azeri President Ilham Aliev on Friday and will attend a ceremony at the Shah Deniz gas field on Saturday. The leaders of Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania, Georgia, Montenegro will also take part in the event along with ministers from Britain, Croatia and Italy.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will pay a two-day working visit to Baku.

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BAKU - The level of the relations between Azerbaijan and Serbia is high and the two countries support each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the international arena, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mamadiarov said on Wednesday after a meeting with Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister.

Serbia-Azerbaijan relations "excellent"

BAKU -- Azerbaijan-Serbia relations are on a high level and the two countries support each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the international arena.